Department of Chemistry

Dr Erum Akbar Hussain

Erum Akbar Hussain
Erum Akbar Hussain

Tenured Professor                                 

Department of Chemistry 

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Experience

20th May 2016- to date, Tenured Associate Professor                                 

Department of Chemistry  

Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

April 2006- May 2016

Assistant Professor (Full time), Department of Chemistry  

Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

Sep 2004 - Mar 2006, Assistant Professor (Full-time),                               Department of Chemistry, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

July 2002 - Feb 2003, Scientific Officer (Full-time),                                    Medicinal Botanic Center,    

Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (P.C.S.I.R), Complex Laboratories, Peshawar, Pakistan
Honor and Awards    

Research Fellowship honorarium,    May 1997 - April 2002 

H.E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry,

International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences,  University of Karachi
Memberships

National Testing Service (NTS)                                           Dec 2005- Present  

Member of subject committee   

Chemical Society of Pakistan                                             1997, Life member

Pakistan Science Society                                                      2005- Present  Member

Graduate Students / Postdocs/Undergraduat Students

Years               Degree                    Name

2018                      PhD                        Ambreen Ghani

2015                      PhD                        Nosheen Kanwal                 

2014                      PhD                        Asma Sadia                                  

2014                      PhD                        Dure Najaf Iqbal

2011                      PhD (Co-supervision)  Ghazala Yaqub

20 MS  and 40 BS Thesis supervised since 2006.

Service Activity

  • Deputy Coordinator TTS, LCWU
  • Focal Person Drug Abuse Committee

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Microwave assisted synthesis of Heterocycles,

Medicinal Chemistry; Green Chemistry; Material Chemistry

Publications

Articles published by refereed journals.
  1. “Microwave assisted green synthesis of guar gum esters with enhanced physico-chemical properties”, Munawar Iqbal, Dure Najaf Iqbal, Erum Akbar Hussain, Gul Afshan Somroo, Hina Rizvi, Arif Nazir. Scientia Iranica, Vol 26: 23-30, 2019.
  1. “Efficient Syntheses, Crystal Structure and Thermal Properties of Gabapentin 4-Acetamido, 2-Mesitylene and 2,4-Dinitro Sulfonamides Derivatives”, Nosheen Kanwal, IslamUllah Khan, Shahzad Sharif, Erum Akbar Hussain, Arshad Mehmod, Onur Sahin Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 1-7, 2019.
  1. “Microwave Enhanced Synthesis of Biocompelling Substituted Oxa/Thiazoles Via Acetyl Coumarin Azomethine”, Erum Akbar Hussain, Narjis Naz, Ambreen Ghani, Abida Yasmeen, Sobia Ishaque, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica,- Drug Research, Vol 75 (2), 359-368, 2018.
  2. “Green and Facile Reaction of Gabapentin with Sulfonyl Chlorides to Synthesize Lactams and Sulfonamides Derivatives in Aqueous Medium” Erum Akbar Hussain, Nosheen Kanwal, Islamullah Khan, Sadaf Mutahir, M. Asim Khan, Maqsood Ahmad, Arshad Mehmood, Onur Sahin, Mehmet Akkurt, Muhammad Yar, Letters in Organic Chemistry, 15(3), 163-170, 2018
  3. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Tetrahydrocarbazole Linked 1,2-Diazoles in Aqueous-Brønsted Acid Catalytic System”, Zubi Sadiq, Erum Akbar Hussain, Narjis Naz, Ambreen Ghani, Kausar Yasmeen, Fizzah Iqbal, Journal of Chemistry, Vol 2017, 1-17, 2017.
  1. “Efficient Syntheses, Crystal Structure, Thermal and Biological Evaluation of Amlodipine 4-chlorobenzene, 4-chlorobenzoyl and 2,5-dichlorobenzene sulfonamide derivatives”, Nosheen Kanwal, Islam Ullah Khan, Erum Akbar Hussain, Sidra Farid, Onur Şahin, Comptes Rendus Chimie, 19(5), 593-603,                                       
  2. “Synthesis of Novel 2,4-Disubstituted Bioactive Thaizoles”, Ambreen Ghani, Erum Akbar, AbidaYasmeen, Narjis Naz, Shaheen Asghar, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol 26 (Supplementary Issue)/ S211-S213, 2014.                                                            
  3. “Synthesis and antimicrobial assessment of efficacious carbazole derivatives”, International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, ZubiSadiq, Erum Akbar, Narjis Naz. Vol 5(1), 455-467, 2014.                                                                        
  4. “Synthesis and Characterization of Guar gum derivatives with Antioxidant moieties”, International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, Dure Najaf Iqbal, Erum Akbar, Narjis Naz. Vol 4(4), 305-316, 2013.                                                            
  5. “Synthesis, crystal structure and antioxidant potential of Di-(N-cinamyl) fluoxetine chloride”, Journal of Chilean Chemical Society, Nosheen Kanwal, Onur Şahin, Erum Akbar Hussain, Orhan Büyükgüngör. Vol 58 (1), 1508-1512, 2013.
  6. “Synthesis, antibacterial and antifungal activities of novel pyridazinocarbazoles”, Journal of Chemistry, GhazalaYaqub, Abdul Hannan, Erum Akbar, Muhammad Usman, Almas Hamid, Zubi Sadiq, Mahwish Iqbal. Vol 2013, 1-7, 2013.  
  7. In vitro Antifungal and Antibacterial activity of Carbazoles, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Ghazala Yaqub, Abdul Hannan, Muhammad Usman, Erum Akbar, BushraMateen. Vol 24 (11), 5121-5123, 2012.                                                             (IF= 0.434)
  8. “IR and thermal studies on Nickel(II) complexation with pyrrolidinedithiocarbamte in the presence of other competing ligands”, Journal of Pakistan Chemical Society, Sajjad Ahmad, Erum Akbar, MasoodSarwar, TahiraBatool, Shafique Ahmed Awan, Saqib Ali, Saeed Ahmad.Vol 34(6), 1409-1415 ,2012.                                   
  9. “2-{1-[(2-Nitrobenzenesulfonamido)methyl]cyclohexyl}acetic acid” ActaCrystallographica Section E Structure Report Online. NosheenKanwal, Erum Akbar Hussain, OnurŞahin, and OrhanBüyükgüngör, 1, 68(Pt 1): o86, 2012.
  10. “A survey of aflatoxin M1 in milk and sweet of Punjab”, Pakistan, Food Control, AsmaSadia, Makhdoom Abdul Jabbar, Youjun Deng, Erum Akbar Hussain, SualehaRiffat, Saima Naveed, Muhammad Arif. Vol 26, 235-240, 2012.  
  11. “Antimicrobial activity of different varieties of Curcuma longa rhizome extracts against pathogenic bacteria”, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Shagufta Naz, Erum Akbar, Saiqa Ilyas, Safia Bano. Vol 24(7), 2875-2877, 2012.                                               
  12. “Efficient and simple strategy to Synthesize Carbazoles”, Ghazala Yaqub, Erum Akbar, Zubi Sadiq, Mahwish Iqbal, Bushra Mateen. International Journal of Syntheses and Characterization.Vol.3 (1) 21-22, 2010.
  13. “N-Benzyl-N-methyl-3-phenyl-3-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy] propanamine (N-benzylflouoxetine)” Nosheen Kanwal, Erum Akbar Hussain, Onur Shin, Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online E 66, o1146, 2010.  
  14. “Systematic approach for synthesis of Carbazole 9-acetic acid”, GhazalaYaqub, Erum Akbar Hussain, BushraMateen, Asian Journal of Chemistry. 21(7) 5493-96, 2009.
  1. “Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization and Antimicrobial Studies of Mercury(II) Complexes of Thiolates”, Ghulam Rabbani, Anvarhusein A. Isab, Abdul Rahman Al-Arfaj, Saeed Ahmad, Muhammad Saleem, Abdul Hameed and Erum Akbar, Spectroscopy- An International journal, 23 (1), 45-50, 2009.
  2. “Two Ceramides from Tanacetum artemisioides”, V.U. Ahmed, Javaid Hussain, Hidayat Hussain, Umar Farooq, Erum Akbar, Sarfaraz A. Nawaz, Iqbal Choudhary, Naturforsch, 59b, 329-333, 2004. (IF = 0.744)
  3. “C-Alkylated Coumarin and Coumarin glycoside from Dephene olides”, Muhammad Raiz, Erum Akbar, Abdul Malik, Heterocycles, Vol. 60 (4), 947-951, 2003. (IF = 1.08)
  1. “Antimicrobial triterpenes from Debergeasia salicifolia,” Erum Akbar and Abdul Malik, Natural Product Letters 16, (5), 339-344, 2002. (IF = 0.919)
  1. “Flavone glycosides and bergenin derivatives from Tridax procumbens”, Erum Akbar, Abdul Malik, Nighat Afza, S.M. Abdul Hai, Heterocycles, Vol. 57 (4), 733-739, 2002. (IF = 1.08)
  1. “Dihydroquinol and Quinol derivatives from Ajuga parviflora”. Erum Akbar, Hafiz Rubnawaz, Abdul Malik, Naturforsch 52b, 842-846 2001. (IF = 0.744)
  1. “Ursene type nortriterpene from Debregeasia salicifolia”. Erum Akbar, Muhammad Riaz, Abdul Malik, Fitoterapia72, 382-385, 2001. (IF = 2.345)

Book Author

Betalain; Biomolecular Aspects, Erum Akbar Hussain, Zubi Sadiq, Muhamad Zia Ullah,

Publisher; Springer Nature (2018), eBook ISBN  978-3-319-95624-4

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95624-4
Selected Professional Presentations

Kinnaird’s First International Conference on Science Technology and Innovation

2-4th Apr, 2019, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore

International Chemistry Conference Forefronts of Chemistry Celebrating the Periodic Table Years 2019

27-29 March, 2019, Institute of Chemical Sciences, BZU, Multan

Three Days International Conference

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Recent Approaches in Research & Applications, 17-19 Jan, 2018, Forman Christian College, Lahore

2nd  UMT International Conference on Pure and Applied Sciences

5-7 Oct, 2017, University of Management & Technology, Lahore

International Conference, Recent Advances in Chemisrty-2017

13-14 May 2017, University of Lahore, Lahore

Research Colloquium, Directorate of Faculty Development & Internationalization, 

16-19 Jan 2017, LCWU, Pakistan

9th Chemistry Conference 2017, Chemistry in Engineering and Life Sciences 19-21 Sep 2017

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad

27th National & 15th International Chemistry Conference, 22-25 Aug, 2016

University of Malakand, KPK

Organized by Chemical Society of Pakistan